Lil Green
No Bindings
Combining workshops, making books + making podcasts to co-produce multimedia literature + events with frequently underrepresented voices
Projects
Another Pastoral
What does nature poetry read like when it reflects the experiences of People of Colour? We intend to explore this question by creating Another Pastoral, a publication that intersects print, audio and archiving in order to change the canon of nature writing through the visibility,…
Workshop: Exploring Beyond Boundaries
Exploring Beyond Boundaries (2020) This 2-part, online zine workshop was developed and delivered in 2020 in collaboration with creative producers Will Taylor and Roseanna Dias, and commissioned for the Film Hub South West Beyond Boundaries cohort. The workshop ran as a…
Workshop: Creative Reflection on Digital Placemaking
Creative Reflection on Digital Placemaking (2020) This 2-hour, online workshop was commissioned for the Bristol+Bath Creative R+D Digital Placemaking fellows. The workshop ran as a series of activities to reflect upon digital placemaking and create content for a zine. “The zine…
Lecture & Workshop: Introduction to No Bindings
Introduction to No Bindings (2020) This workshop was for students starting their Final Year Project module within the University of West England’s Department of Film and Journalism. It combined a talk about No Bindings’ practices and productions, and a more workshop-style…
Workshop: Riso Print Your Zine
Riso Print Your Zine (2019) This workshop was a zine making and riso printing Zine Club special in collaboration with 16 Tonne Press. This sold out, ticketed event provided each attendee with all the materials to create and print a small run of an 8-sided origami zine.
Workshop: Amplified Zines - Positive Spin
Amplified Zines: Positive Spin (2019) This Amplified Zines workshop was for life long and returnee cyclists aged 55 and over to capture and record their cycling stories in the form of writing, interviews, and artwork, and was held at the University of Bristol. Using conductive ink,…
The We Can Make Chat Show - Series 1
The We Can Make Chat Show, series 1, brings together people from the garden city neighbourhood of Knowle West in Bristol, UK, to chat about how they are sorting out their housing. Over four episodes, Knowle Westers explore how communities can get beyond the housing crisis. They share…
Workshop: Amplified Zines - Radiobook Rwanda
Amplified Zines: Radiobook Rwanda (2018) These playful workshops took themes from the Radiobook Rwanda short story collection - relationships, modern myths, and resistance - and mixed the classic and new zine-making tools of collage and conductive ink to create…
Workshop: Making Here We Grow
Making Here We Grow (2018) This workshop was an invitation to the contributors of Here We Grow (2018) to get a behind-the-scenes, first glimpse of the publication and have a go at putting the pamphlets together themselves.
Workshop: Make Books, Make Sounds
Make Books, Make Sounds was a one-day workshop in Kigali, Rwanda, on making books and using sound in publishing. The group learnt some foundational book binding methods and worked in groups to ideate hybrid audio and print projects. This workshop was part of Radiobook…
Workshop: Mini Think! In/Visibility and the Internet
Mini Think was a game-based think tank that was developed for the production of Here We Grow (2018), a No Bindings publication commissioned by Bristol Ageing Better exploring who, and what, makes Bristol the kind of city that supports and works for older people. The ‘mini think’ is a…
RadioBook Rwanda
A new multimedia literary imprint showcasing Rwandan and East African creative voices.
Here We Grow
A community of creative voices explores what makes Bristol age friendly. From this emerges a hybrid experience of creative writing, visual art and personal story held in both print and sound.
Wyldwood
Wyldwood is a publication-podcast. Made in collaboration with Wyldwood Arts, it is a collection of stories and artwork produced by ChatBack, an intergenerational group of artists.Worked on
A Crash Course in Cloudspotting
A Crash Course in Cloudspotting asks you to connect with the subversive act of lying down. It’s about public rest and acts of bravery we don't see. About scaling the distances and depths of human connection. A Crash Course in Cloudspotting is conceived by Raquel Meseguer Zafe,…
Each to Another
Each to Another is a unique art education programme designed to support disabled individuals to develop their artwork through sharing their work with others. The project guides participants on how to facilitate their very own art workshop. “We often learn most when we have to teach others what…No Bindings. The name came from the idea that my books would be made without glue, staples, or string holding the pages in place. That quickly went out the window but the name stuck and instead represents a spirit of saying yes, taking risks and thinking about what audio and community helps books achieve beyond the bounds of their pages.
To date, as director and lead artist of No Bindings, Lil has led various projects that involve the production of multimedia literature. Works include:
- RadioBook Rwanda (Oct 17 - present), a new multimedia imprint showcasing new writing and visual art talent from Rwandan and East African artists
- Here We Grow (Sep 17 - Sep 18), a multimedia literary project about growing older in Bristol
- Wyldwood (Nov 16 - Jun 17), a multimedia collection of poetry, memories and visual art created by integenerational arts group, ChatBack.
Lil has begun to offer mentoring and guidance to emerging artists:
- Yasmin Qureshi with Red Telephone. Yasmin is looking at how to address trauma through subconscious objects and multimedia zines.
- Will Taylor with Two Tone. Will is looking to set up a podcast, zine series and online residency programme to encourage dialogue amongst and increase opportunities for the next generation of visual artists.
Lil is on the Steering Group for #WhoseCulture, a creative data project aimed at recording the cultural engagement of young people of colour in Bristol to change the way the arts work.
Lil has done various talks:
- Speaker, Bristol and Bath Small Publishers Fair, Nov 18
- Guest Lecturer, University of the West of England for the Media and Journalism course, Oct 18
- Chair, Hurst Street Press ANON Vol.1 Bristol Launch, Nov 17
- Speaker, Panel discussion: Community, Bristol Comic and Zine Fair, Oct 17
- Speaker, Roundtable discussion: Publishing and producing dissent, Literature and the Humanities in an Age of Autocracy, Mar 17
- Speaker, LAND/CHANGE Micro Festival, Feb 17
- Guest, gal-dem radio, Aug 16
Lil moved to Bristol in 2015. They learnt printmaking and basic book binding at Spike Print Studio before embarking on a trial+error journey to create No Bindings. Before going full time with No Bindings, Lil was the senior developer for The Dare to Write Library workshop format and training programme. Lil studied Portuguese and Spanish at the University of Oxford. Communication, medieval spanish and literatura de cordel continue to be big influences in their work. They have lived in Recife, Brazil and Madrid, Spain and is always looking for opportunities to falar and hablar.
At every turn, Lil is looking to discover and champion how intersectional learning can innovate not just No Bindings, but publishing, media, the arts and society.
